Germany Faces Blockade with No Shortage of War Materials
A 1918 World article by Cyril Brown reports that despite British naval blockade Germany maintains war material output. It attributes this to widespread substitution, new processes, and expanded state-backed research from nitrates from air to synthetic rubber, with heavy emphasis on metals, oils, and coal-derived products.
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Germany
Mr. Brown
Cyril Brown
the Press Publishing Co
The
New York World
Stockholm
Halle
Berlin
Coal Research Institute
Roumanian
Roumania
Kaiser
Cologne
War Metal Company
Prankfurt
Danderine Promise: thicker, lustrous hair for girls
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a hair cleanser that removes dust and oil, stops dandruff and itching, and claims after weeks of use new hair will grow all over the scalp. It urges buying Knowlton Danderine at drug stores to beautify hair.
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Knowlton
Lemon Skin Whitener Advertises Fragrance Lotion
An ad promotes a lemon based skin whitener using two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion. It claims daily application will fade freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness while leaving skin smooth, soft and white and asserts the product is harmless.
German Tobacco Substitutes and War Time Trades
Fragment from a springtime column describing legal shifts enabling tobacco substitutes in Germany with hops and chicory mixed into tobacco products. It notes a brisk market for substitutes and odd wartime anecdotes including a Marine-like sergeant jailed for theft and a shipboard steward named Tor in a Pittsburyy Past vignette.
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Federal Council
War Tobacco Company
Germany
Nomad Lands In Jail In Nomadic Military Life Tale
London reports the case of a man charged at Carmarthen with theft. His career included desertion from the army in Macedonia and travel across the Balkans. He wore a Greek sailor rigout, worked on transport, left at Melbourne, mined gold at Balti集, sheared sheep in Queensland, served as ship’s steward, and engaged to a French shipmate at Havre before deserting again and walking to Carmarthen to re enroll.
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London
Caremarthen
I Fe
Macedonia
Balkans
X Transport
Melbourne
Baltuvat
Queensland
Havre
Cardiff
Carmarthen
Carmarthen Ho
Word to the Wise on Substitutes for Better Goods
A shop warns that rising prices will push many substitutes into market but promises to keep selling legitimate, high quality merchandise. They reject machine made shade cloth and Congoleum in favor of hand crafted Linoleum and Wilton rugs now in stock, inviting customers to view them in the showroom.
Appeal From France Urges Alsace Lorraine Freed From Germany
Paris April 20 The people of Alsace Lorraine prepare an appeal to President Wilson praising his stance on the provinces and seeking return to France with thousands already signing. The manifesto, hung in towns nationwide, is spearheaded by two prominent women of the region.
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Paris
Wilson
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace- Lorraine
France
Alsace
Lorraine
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